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Point Park Globe

Point Park University's Student-Run Newspaper

Point Park Globe

Point Park University's Student-Run Newspaper

Point Park Globe

NEWS

Hostage situation resolved at Gateway Center

Written By Kalea Hall June 29, 2016

Pittsburgh police have confirmed that Klein Michael Thaxton surrendered after five hours of negotiating with him to let his hostage go from the Three Gateway Center building.The hostage was not harmed...

Innocence Institute closes Johnson case

Written By Emily Petsko June 29, 2016

For the second time in the past year, Point Park University students Paige Krivda and Darlene Natale saw another wrongfully convicted man walk free. The two remaining employees of the now-defunct Innocence...

Game spurs debate, causes controversy

Written By Ann Straub June 29, 2016

In the Japanese video game RapeLay, players like 22-year-old Derek Littlejohn choose their own storyline in the process of evaluating how to rape a female passenger on a mass transit system, molest her...

Gooden wins Dance-A-Thon

Written By Emily Petsko June 29, 2016

Shonica Gooden and Nile Ruff were performing pirouettes to Lil Wayne's "I'm Single" when the music stopped abruptly. Both of the dancers rose into a second position relevé and froze.            ...

Heatherington has high hopes for season

Written By Mackenzie Brown June 29, 2016

T.J. Heatherington has welcomed his younger brother Robbie Heatherington, a freshman guard, to Point Park University's men's basketball team. The two of them have been playing together since they were...